Bathing-suit.



L. RAUH.

, BATHlNG SUIT. APPLICATION mm gum: 3.191;.

Patented Jan. 23,; 1917.

and Fig. 4 is a I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Leeann. anon, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BATHING-SUIT.

Specification of Letters Patent. PatenfedJan. 23, 1917.

Application filed June 3,1915. Serial No. 31,915.

be produced very economically.

The invention. consists in the novel fea tures of construction hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 'is a frontview of the entire garment; 2 123a side'view of the entire garment; Fig.

3 is a detail of the upper or shirt mrtion, detailol. the lower or trunk portion. j i

In these drawings a shirt or jersey 1 has the usual openings 2, 2, for the arms, and 3 for the neck, shoulder straps 4, 4, also being provided. The left hand strap 4 is formed in two parts a and b, buttoned or otherwise fastened together. Sleeves may be provided if desired. I take this jersey l of substantially ordinary form widened at the bottom and fit to it a. trunk portion 6, shown in detail in Fig. 4. This trunk portion is 111- scrted within the lower end of the body and stitched or otherwise secured to the body, the linesof stitching being shown at 7 7, on each side, at the top of the leg portions and the upwardly extending central sections 8, 8, of the trunk are stitched as at 9, 9, to the front and rear of the body. The trunk portion may be made in any suitable manner. Great freedom is provided in this arrangement of body and trunk and a minimum of material required, thus lessening the weight of the garment when in the :water by reducing the amount of water absorbing material.

I claim 1'. A bathing suit comprising a shirt element and a trunk element, said trunk ele ment having inverted U-shape upward extensions and U-shaperrecesses therebetweenr 2. A bathing suit comprising a shirt ele ment and a trunk element, said trunk ele ment having portions of its upper part terminating in different horizontal "planes to permit freedom of the swimmers legs.

3. A bathing suit comprising a shirt element and a trunk element, said trunk'element having inverted U-sha-pe upward extensions and U-shape recesses therebetween,

the top of said extensions and the-bottom of said recesses being stitched to. said skirt portion, said stitching being overlapped to prevent rising of the skirt around the swimmers body. i

4. A bathing suit comprising a shirt element and a trunk element, said trunk element being secured to said body element by intermittent stitching in different horizontal planes topermit freedom of the swimmers legs and to prevent rising of the skirt around the swimmers body.

Abathing suit comprising a body element and a trunk element. said trunk element being secured to said body eli''meut by 751' interrupted staggered stitching in dilferent horizontal planes to permit Freedom of the mvimmer's legs and to prevent rising of the skirt around the swimmers body.

In, testimony whereof, I afiix my sigimture in presence. of two witnesses.

LESTER RAUH.

Witnesses:

H. BOARDMAN SrALniNo, FnANois G. Coarse. 

